Setting up Squid

- In this lesson, let's use an HTTP proxy server…called Squid to block a website.…Let's install Squid first by typing,…sudo yum install…squid…Type Y, press Enter.…Let's edit the configuration file so that…we can specify which site to block.…Type sudo nano…/etc/squid…/squid.conf…Press Enter.…

Scroll down,…add a line that says,…acl banned…url_…regex…In this case, we'll use your file called "blocked"…to list the sites that are going to be blocked.…So we simply say where the file is,…open the double-quotation mark,…"/etc/…squid/…the name of the file is "blocked,"…b-l-o-c-k-e-d…close the double-quote,…scroll down further...…

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1/30/2015

Network protection is vital to organizations big and small, but it doesn't have to be an expensive proposition. Learn how to protect your network with open-source tools, and do it completely FREE. Jungwoo Ryoo shows how to set up firewalls, investigate network traffic with a packet analyzer, detect threats and malicious activity with an intrusion-detection system, and enable network logging and monitoring. Start here for a low-cost route to a more secure network.